Since Chu Fan had taken out so many glass mirrors, he naturally had no intention of taking them back. These were originally intended to be rewards for them. After all, once the Ministry of Industry had completely mastered the glass production process, hundreds or even thousands of such glass mirrors could be produced in a day.
By then, such glass mirrors will not be such valuable items. Now these court ministers are just curious about such novel glass mirrors. If they are officially put on sale, in fact, every family of theirs will be able to buy them easily.
The reason why he did not decide to start large-scale production and sale of glass now was just to wait until Japan became completely crazy about glass beads. When other forces on the Shengwu Continent killed Japanese people in Japan for glass beads, and even fought against each other.
Wei sent troops to Japan under the pretext of helping it resist foreign enemies. Only after Wei completely took over Japan's territory did it begin selling glass products. By then, the glass beads that other powers on the Shengwu Continent had fought tooth and nail to obtain in Japan would seem worthless compared to Wei's newly produced, perfect glass. Instead of becoming rich as they had imagined, these people suffered heavy casualties in Japan for these worthless glass beads.
When they see the exquisite glassware sold by the Wei Kingdom, they will definitely be depressed and vomit blood. This is simply a murderous plot. Chu Fan almost laughed when he thought of this.
Chu Fan said, "Brother, what are you talking about? Isn't it easy for my sister-in-law to want a glass mirror? You can just take the glass mirror in your hand back. But brother and sister-in-law, don't despise it. After all, the glass mirrors I took out now were made by me yesterday when I was experimenting with making glass. Such glass mirrors are not perfect.
When the Ministry of Industry makes a perfect glass mirror in the future, my brother and sister-in-law can directly buy a better glass mirror to replace it."
It would have been better if Chu Fan hadn't said that he made these glass mirrors. After Chu Fan said that he made these glass mirrors, everyone in the imperial study was even more reluctant to put down the glass mirrors in their hands.
You must know that after Chu Fan formulated the plan to attack the Xiongnu and the Gan Kingdom, the ministers in the Imperial Study all knew that His Majesty had the ambition to unify the Shengwu Continent. And if Chu Fan unified the Shengwu Continent in the future, then Chu Fan would be the only emperor of the Shengwu Continent, which could be said to be the only emperor in the history.
At that time, any item used by Emperor Chu Fan would be regarded as a supreme treasure and passed down to future generations, not to mention the glass mirror made by the emperor himself. It would undoubtedly be a great honor to own such a mirror in one's family.
Don't think that because Chu Anping and Chu Zhenglin are both royal family members, they won't use the rewards from His Majesty as capital for comparison. Even though Chu Anping is Chu Fan's brother and doesn't need the emperor's rewards to prove his status and value, there are still differences in closeness among royal family members.
After Chu Anping and Chu Zhenglin received the glass mirror personally crafted by Chu Fan, they could show it off to the royal family. After all, even if such a glass mirror might not be very valuable in the future, no one in the royal family had ever seen one, let alone one made by His Majesty himself. This would surely make many members of the royal family envious.
Sometimes, even if everyone is a royal family member, who can gain more trust and appreciation from His Majesty is the key. This can also be used as a capital to show off to other royal families.
Now let's look at Chen Yunhan. As a member of the royal family, she no longer has any blood relationship with the royal family. However, after gaining the trust of His Majesty, she became the president of the Royal Bank in His Majesty's hands. Not only did she control most of the money of Wei State, but she was also highly regarded by His Majesty.
Even though he didn't hold an official position, even a third-rank minister in the imperial court would show her respect. The princes in the Royal Affairs Office were naturally the envy of the royal family. While their work was more demanding, they were able to directly participate in the decision-making of national affairs. This honor and power was unattainable for other members of the royal family.
Even those clansmen who began to serve as officials in the court after His Majesty changed the ancestral precepts may not have had very high martial arts levels, but they found the value of their lives in the court. Even those clansmen who were chosen to help His Majesty manage the business of the Royal Yuya Villa are now earning a lot of money.
These people lived a more carefree life than the royal family members who only knew how to cultivate in the royal ancestral land. Even so, many royal family members envied the people of the Royal Elegant Villa; not to mention how they would feel when Chu Anping and Chu Zhenglin showed off the items rewarded by His Majesty that they had never seen before in front of them.
Chu Zhenglin expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Chu Fan said, "There's no need for us two brothers to be so formal. After all, we're all family and good things should be shared."
Chu Fan then said to Chu Anping, "Sixth Master, take the glass mirror in your hand back home and give it to Sixth Aunt or your granddaughter."
Chu Anping smiled and nodded, then said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I think my little granddaughter will love this gift very much."
After hearing Chu Fan's words, several ministers thought that since the two princes had given rewards, there was no reason not to reward them with a glass mirror. So they all asked Chu Fan to give them a glass mirror so that they could also take such a treasure home and let the women in their families see this magical glass mirror.
Chu Fan felt very funny when he looked at the expressions of these ministers. These ministers were just like a group of children seeing their favorite toys.
Chu Fan certainly wouldn't refuse their request. After all, he was going to give it to them. This time, the ministers had diligently handled the affairs of Wei State for him, and he didn't want to give them silver as a reward, so he used such a novel item as a reward, which satisfied their curiosity and expressed his appreciation for them.
However, Chu Fan still had to make an important point about the glass. Discussions on the glass mirror should only be held within his family and should not be publicized. There were also plans to be implemented in Japan. If people in other countries learned about it, it might affect the plans in Japan and not achieve the desired results.
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